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“The power of the voice”: virtual voice assistants, voice commands and contracting by means of voice
Julia Ammerman Yebra
Keywords Voice; electronic contract; biometric recognition; voice virtual assistant; contractual consent; privacy policies.
Generational transition and transfer “mortis causa” of family business in Spanish Law
Ignacio Gallego Domínguez
Keywords
Family business; succession “mortis causa”; will, forced heirship; inheritance tax.
Leasing of goods with digital elements: ¿what rules, European and Spanish, about conformity of digital products with the contract?
Lídia Arnau Raventós
Keywords Lease of goods; goods with digital elements, conformity; continuous supply.
Legal aspects of associative agreements in Brazil and CADE’s judgments perspective
Alexandre Ferreira de Assumpção Alves / José Carlos Jordão Pinto Dias
Keywords Business contracts; Associative agreements; Art. 90, Law no. 12.529/2011; Corporate unbundling; Collaboration; Mergers and acquisitions.
Material connection between claim and counterclaim – based on a concrete dispute
João Paulo Remédio Marques
Keywords Claim; counterclaim; admissibility; connection between the claim and counterclaim; dependente issue; connected cases.
Notes on banking activity from islamic law perspective
António Pedro A. Ferreira
Keywords Islamic banking; Financing mechanisms; Islamic contracts; Shariah principles; Corporate governance; Conventional banking.
Payment initiation services in the new Portuguese payment services act
Patrícia Alexandra Paiva Duarte
Keywords Payment initiation services; third party providers; open banking; data protection; consent; unauthorized payment transactions; strong authentication.
Regarding the CJEU of 8 October 2020 (EU v. PE Digital GmbH): supply of digital services and right of withdrawal
Rosa Barceló Compte
Keywords Digital content; digital services; consumer; right of withdrawal; distance contract.
Some Notes About the Protection of the Essential Public Services User
David Falcão
Keywords Essential public services; electronic comunications; protection of the user; suspension of the service for non-payment; prescription; lapse.
Startups Funding Legal Regime
Joana Costa Lopes / Chen Chen
Keywords Startups; innovation; funding; crowdfunding; venture capital; Initial Coin Offerings; securities.
The lack of distinctive character of the trade mark and the protection against unfair commercial practices: in connection with the European Court of Justice judgment on the “three stripes” trade mark
Ana Clara Azevedo de Amorim
Keywords trade mark; declaration of invalidity; unfair commercial practices; confusion; competitors; consumers.
The use of distributed ledger technology (DLT) in stock trading in a stock exchange environment: analysis under the light of the Brazilian legislation
Alexandre Ferreira de Assumpção Alves / Leonardo Renne Silva Teixeira
Keywords Distributed Ledger Technology; Stock Exchange; Blockchain; Stock trading; Stock post-trading.
Contemporary slavery in Brazil, its "names" and the dirty list: impacts/covenants and backspaces
Anne Gabriele Alves Guimarães / Isabele Bandeira de Moraes D’Angelo
Keywords Contemporary Slavery; Dirty list; Neoliberalism; Precariousness; Social dumping; Boycott.
Contracts ex machina: brief notes about the introductions of Blockchain technology and Smart Contracts
Delber Pinto Gomes
Keywords Smart Contracts; Blockchain; Financial Sector; Fintech; Contract Law; Commerce.
Council Regulation (EU) n.1259/2010: some considerations about applicable law to divorce and legal separation and party choice of law
Fernanda Muraro Bonatto
Keywords European International Private Law; European regulation Rome III; Divorce and legal separation; Private autonomy in family law
Ex post protection to false corporate governance statements
Ana Sílvia Falcão Mestre Efigénia
Keywords False statements; corporate governance; comply or explain; legal effect; ex post; soft law
Home banking: the allocation of losses due to computer fraud
Carolina França Barreira
Keywords Home banking; bank; computer fraud; phishing; access codes; payment services
Net neutrality and the internet access contract: contribution for the regulation of cyberspace
José Manuel Coelho Dias Fernandes
Keywords network neutrality; internet neutrality; internet access provider; zero rate; telecommunications law; information society; internet governance; cyberlaw; IT law; online equivalence; free speech; open internet
Pension reform in the European Union
Ana Sofia Carvalho
Keywords European Union; Pensions; Green and White Papers
Plant Patents in the European Union: Recent Developments
Mª Mercedes Curto Polo
Keywords
Breeders’ rights; Plant Patents; Biotechnological inventions; plant varieties; agricultural innovation.